Brake Drum Puller

[drsportster]

When I make a tool I make it fast and do not care about the looks Nice job

 

[kencombs]

I read an interesting story about the 2CV engine. Apparently they solved the head gasket problem by not using one! Precision machining and lap
ping, +the low compression of course.

And a 4wd version was built. The whole tranfer case and drive shaft problem was solved by just using two engines and transmissions, one on each end.

French cars have been unique since the 30s. They built some of the most beautiful bodys ever. And the DS suspension was a marvel of engineering.

Unfortunately they also build Le Car! Wife's sister and hubby had one of those things. What a piece of junk. Sold/serviced by AMC dealers who where unable to repair anything successfully.

 

[RedMF40]

I read an interesting story about the 2CV engine. Apparently they solved the head gasket problem by not using one! Precision machining and lap
ping, +the low compression of course.

And a 4wd version was built. The whole tranfer case and drive shaft problem was solved by just using two engines and transmissions, one on each end.

French cars have been unique since the 30s. They built some of the most beautiful bodys ever. And the DS suspension was a marvel of engineering.

Unfortunately they also build Le Car! Wife's sister and hubby had one of those things. What a piece of junk. Sold/serviced by AMC dealers who where unable to repair anything successfully.

Yes, the Le Car had a bad reputation. In France they sold the Renault 5 which was actually pretty sporty and entered all kinds of road rallies with a pretty good winning record.

I had to double check to make sure no gasket was needed between the head and engine on my 2CV. They have something of a cult following, especially in France.

 

[RedMF40]

When I make a tool I make it fast and do not care about the looks Nice job

Thanks, it evolved because I was just going to attach those rebar handles and yank on the plate thinking that would work. I would have pulled the car off the lift before the brake drum would budge based on what others were telling me so I made a real puller since I had all the parts and I can always use more welding practice.

 

[Ericp351]

I,ll bite. How fast is your DS? Never drove one. V 8, v 12? If the real deal, will make 1 hell of a sleaper! Probally coppied a Lark. 4 speed? Ever consider a mower engine for your other one? The Brigs in my Bolens garden tractor, flat 2, is 40 cid. Think that's 2-3 of a liter in France.

 

[John Deere D]

A little show and tell. I have a 1966 Citroën 2CV that I’m hopefully bringing back to life. Rear brake drums were stuck, beating on them didn’t work. Just needed to get in there to inspect the brakes.

This puller I built did a fantastic job. I have to say though that I was cranking so hard on it for so long that I felt like the drum was going to come flying off when it finally broke free. Fortunately that didn’t happen. I did stand clear, however.

THREE lug nuts hold the wheels on. Yes, three. And a hub nut holds the brake drum. It gets torqued to about 250 ft lbs. View attachment 154834
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I spent time in, France / Spain / Switzerland , June,1974. Your Vehicle brings back great memories,as well as the Citroën DS. while having lunch on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

Bob...

 

[Hobo,NC]

I read an interesting story about the 2CV engine. Apparently they solved the head gasket problem by not using one! Precision machining and lap
ping, +the low compression of course.

And a 4wd version was built. The whole tranfer case and drive shaft problem was solved by just using two engines and transmissions, one on each end.

French cars have been unique since the 30s. They built some of the most beautiful bodys ever. And the DS suspension was a marvel of engineering.

Unfortunately they also build Le Car! Wife's sister and hubby had one of those things. What a piece of junk. Sold/serviced by AMC dealers who where unable to repair anything successfully.

A local finance company ask me to repaired a few La car's. It seamed no one could fix head gasket issues and CV axle issues. Folks stopped making payments and the finance did not want to repo them so they agreed to try and repair them. I had quite a few used parts that accumulated from previous attempts to repair them so I got to tear into those engines and learn them. At that time there were no CV parts are much knowledge about CV axles. Just before this event New Britain tools closed down a plant in town and a CV axle rebuilder moved in. I could take a axle in and watch them rebuild them. About 15/20 years ago someone came up with a 185 are 195 thermostat for a Ford N tractor when I first saw it I remember that was the thermostat used in a 1980 La car. You could buy all you wanted from Rock auto for $3 and some change.

La car engines used wet sleeves that used selective shims to set sleeve height. Bad thermostats were very common it did not take much to blow the head gasket. To compound mattes very few knew the thermostat was in one of the radiator hoses. Most all the CV joint issue's came about from broken engine mounts as the engine reared up it would pull the CV joint apart.

This was all new to us in the US of A are not common in the automotive side of things.

 

[MarkB_MI]

Nice work and good luck with your 'trone!

 

[MarkB_MI]

Ha! You think that’s the only car the French had? This model was also under the Citroen brand and was extremely competitive in motorsports. Citroën DS.View attachment 154866View attachment 154866

When I was a freshman in college (1975), one of the girls in my dorm drove a CS, which I assume was her parents old car. It was quite a contrast to the sixties Detroit iron that most of us drove.

 

[RedMF40]

I,ll bite. How fast is your DS? Never drove one. V 8, v 12? If the real deal, will make 1 hell of a sleaper! Probally coppied a Lark. 4 speed? Ever consider a mower engine for your other one? The Brigs in my Bolens garden tractor, flat 2, is 40 cid. Think that's 2-3 of a liter in France.

Not my car, the DS is a random pic I found on the net. Anyway, people own these cars for nostalgia or they remember them from their youth. No one talks about speed or performance where old Citroëns are concerned.

 

[RedMF40]

I spent time in, France / Spain / Switzerland , June,1974. Your Vehicle brings back great memories,as well as the Citroën DS. while having lunch on the Avenue des Champs-Élysées.

Bob...

I was a school kid in Paris during that time. The 2 CV was everywhere because people discovered how cheap and reliable they were. They were built for hard use on unpaved country roads but found their way into the cities. Paris was a different city back then. Fun times!

 

[stoughtonfarmboy]

I went to a one-room school in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Rural Sauk Ciunty Wisconsin. One year we had a teacher who drove a Citreon. I think it had the ability to raise the ride level of the car; some sort of adjustable suspension? I was probably in 4th grade about then. The car was yellow and we called it the banana.

Definitely an oddity in that part of the country.
Ken

 

[Steve in VA]

When I make a tool I make it fast and do not care about the looks Nice job

Yeah, me too because I'll likely never use it again.

 

[RedMF40]

I went to a one-room school in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Rural Sauk Ciunty Wisconsin. One year we had a teacher who drove a Citreon. I think it had the ability to raise the ride level of the car; some sort of adjustable suspension? I was probably in 4th grade about then. The car was yellow and we called it the banana.

Definitely an oddity in that part of the country.
Ken

That would stand out. Sounds like an interesting person, your teacher. Hope she knew how to work on the car herself. The DS model had an adjustable ride height, that’s probably what it was. Childhood friends ended up with one on their farm after dad bought it at a police auction for about five bucks. They drove it around, I remember their telling me a spark plug cost them around $35.

 

[MeanGene1]

"Deux Chevaux"

 

[RedMF40]

"Deux Chevaux"

Voilà. Moteur à deux cylindres.
2 cylinder motor.

 

[RedMF40]

Yeah, me too because I'll likely never use it again.

Now I want to get mine powder-coated and a high quality industrial finish. Maybe chrome the rebar and that part of a garden tiller I used

 

[MeanGene1]

Voilà. Moteur à deux cylindres.
2 cylinder motor.

It refers to "two horses", using France's strange rating system. Actual "horsepower" by conventional ratings was said to be around 9 hp